Students are responsible for reading three (3) books total. Each grade level has one (1) required book and then the students may choose two (2) from the other choices. The required book is marked with an asterisk (*).
All students are responsible for obtaining their own copies of the books. Starting May 1st, books may also be ordered through the MBS Direct online book ordering system.
In August, students will write an essay on the required book and will take AR tests on the other two books.
Students may take AR tests over the summer on Wednesdays when the Moncrief Library is open. This allows students to test as they finish the books. Students may also elect to wait until the start of school to take AR tests on their summer reading books.
REQUIRED:
* Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
978-0547577098 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION]
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
CHOOSE 2:
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
978-0440238577 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION] Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
978-0394820378 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[CLASSIC SCIFI/FANTASY] Milo travels through a magical tollbooth and begins a journey to the Kingdom of Wisdom, where he and a "watch" dog named Tock try to end the feud between numbers and words.
Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
978-1423113454 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[SCIFI/FANTASY] Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
9780439444439 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION] Stargirl, a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality, suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform.
Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice
978-1250034076 Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION] When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.
Summer Reading For Students Entering 5th Grade
2015-2016
REQUIRED:
* Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
978-0547577098
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION]
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
CHOOSE 2:
978-0440238577
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION]
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
978-0394820378
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[CLASSIC SCIFI/FANTASY]
Milo travels through a magical tollbooth and begins a journey to the Kingdom of Wisdom, where he and a "watch" dog named Tock try to end the feud between numbers and words.
978-1423113454
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[SCIFI/FANTASY]
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
9780439444439
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook / Audio
[FICTION]
Stargirl, a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality, suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform.
978-1250034076
Available in FWCD Library: Print / eBook
[FICTION]
When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.